Read Between
the Lines
The sight-reading trainer that finally makes the dots click. Learn to read sheet music by playing it — one satisfying level at a time.
Be first in line when it lands on the App Store & Google Play.
Learn music the way you actually learn it — by playing.
Every note on the screen becomes a note under your fingers. No dusty flashcards, no theory lectures you forget by lunch — you read a phrase, you play it, and it sticks. Real notation from day one: treble and bass clef, key signatures, rhythm.
Drill exactly what trips you up.
Build a custom session in seconds — your clef, your range on a real staff, your question types. Weak on the ledger lines above treble? On the low bass notes? Set it and go. It's the private-lesson focus you'd get from a teacher, on demand.
One path, from your very first note.
Piano, guitar, bass, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, sax and trumpet — each with its own clef, range and fingerings, and progress saved separately. Pick up a new instrument and the app meets it where it lives on the staff.
Keys, dynamics and rhythm — not just note names.
Name a key from its signature, tell major from minor, read dynamics and expression marks, tap rhythms in time. By the end you don't just recognize notes — you read music.
Five lines, a handful of dots — about to click.
Pick your instrument
From piano to trumpet — the staff, clefs and fingerings adjust to you.
Follow the path
Bite-size levels build from your first note to fluent reading. Keep a streak, earn XP.
Play it back
Turn on the mic and the app hears you play the right note — reading becomes doing.
Made by Kalman Music Lessons.
We're a New York music school that has taught thousands of students to read and play. Read Between the Lines is the reading practice we wish every student had between lessons — and now anyone, anywhere, can use it.
Want a real teacher too? We offer in-home & online lessons across NYC and Westchester.
Read between the lines.
It's easier than it looks. Get in early and we'll tell you the moment it launches.
Coming soon to the App Store & Google Play.